cultach

Irish

Etymology 1

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Adjective

cultach (genitive singular masculine cultaigh, genitive singular feminine cultaí)

1. cultic

Declension

Declension of cultach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cultach	chultach	cultacha; chultacha²
Vocative	chultaigh		cultacha
Genitive		cultaí	cultacha	cultach
Dative	cultach; chultach¹	chultach; chultaigh (archaic)	cultacha; chultacha²
Comparative	níos cultaí
Superlative	is cultaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• cultas m (“cult”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cultach f

1. variant genitive singular of culaith (“suit”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cultach	chultach	gcultach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cultach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN